When did the name change from Hunter Hearst helmsley to Triple H? Did no one think it didn't sound good at the time? People say how lame WWE are at coming up with names these days, but to me Triple H sounds corny. It only fits now because everyone is so used to it.

When did the name change from Hunter Hearst helmsley to Triple H? Did no one think it didn't sound good at the time? People say how lame WWE are at coming up with names these days, but to me Triple H sounds corny. It only fits now because everyone is so used to it.

Mr. Perfect used to refer to him as Triple H back when he used to do commentary with Vince McMahon in 1996, but everyone else referred to him either as Hunter, Helmsley or Hunter Hearst Helmsley. It wasn't until DX was fully established that he officially took the moniker Triple H because his snob gimmick had pretty much evaporated.

Shawn Michaels started referring to him as "Triple H" first, and it just stuck, mainly because Trips wanted to get as far away from the Helmsley character as possible and more relegated into his real life personality. "Triple H" was slang that stuck basically

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